Hello Librarians. Welcome back to the podcast.  I so appreciate you listening in. If you’ve been enjoying the show, I invite you to sign up for my email list at masterfullibrarian.com, so you can receive notification each time I release an episode. I don’t want you to miss anything!

This episode is the second in my series called Librarian Career Pivot.  The first was called Leaving the Profession and can be found at masterfullibrarian.com/ep-7. Today I’m here to assure you that’s it’s perfectly ok to leave your current job, if it no longer fits you.

 Why am I talking about this?  There are three reasons. 

One is that it you, my listener, seem to have an interest in this topic.  My most popular episodes, by far, have been related to either leaving libraries or about librarian appreciation.  Those statistics tell me that many of you are struggling in your current positions and may feel unmotivated or demoralized.

The second reason is that two of my most recent clients have been struggling with this very issue – wondering if they should stay put in the jobs they have now or if it’s time to move on. Where there are two, there are more!

 My final reason is that two librarians that I know well and respect tremendously have recently left their jobs.  One to move into a new field and the other to seek a new library position. I applaud both of these individuals and feel they’re both making positive choices. 

And again, where there are two there are more, so I feel this is a timely topic.

Do you find yourself often wondering if it’s time to find a new job, or feeling stressed every morning when you wake up and realize it’s a work day, or daydreaming about what it would be like to work in a different career or library?

If you said yes to any of those questions, it’s probably time to take some action.

And I want to encourage you to do that. 

For complete show notes, go to masterfullibrarian.com/ep-12.